The DREAMIN Foundation

 The DREAMIN FOUNDATION began as a project of the Rotary Club of Prospect to provide international medical aid to our neighbouring developing nations in conjunction with Reconstructive Surgical Specialists from the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

The project began with the need to support a young man with a disfiguring facial tumour from Sarawak, East Malaysia, who required surgery. His plight was made known to a member of the Rotary Club of Prospect, and as funds were not available to the man and his family; the Rotary club of Prospect in association with the Rotary club of Mawson Lakes raised the money required to treat this man under the banner of the DREAMIN project.

DREAMIN is an acronym for the D ean R ichards E ndeavour to A ssist the M edically I ll and N eedy.

It honours the memory of the late Dean Richards, a stalwart of the Prospect club, and well loved in Rotary and social circles for his charm and larrikin wit.
His motto in life, "If you say you are going to do something, win lose or draw you stick by your word and do it" is a theme easily identified by anyone undertaking the task of assisting with the medical challenges of patients from the developing nations that surround Australia.

The DREAMIN FOUNDATION has evolved. It is a registered charitable foundation. It has projects in the Pacific islands, South East Asia, Africa as well as assisting local South Australians.